The pictures...Part 5 of ?

As part of the 1st birthday celebration, Mike got his hair cut at Grandpa's barber...

Before

Before...getting curious about what is about to happen.

The first cut. No, I don't save the first lock of hair. Technically I've been trimming it out of his face for months now. I'm not sentimental that way...

Love this shot...

After, on the way home. He'd run out of patience so we didn't get a good "after" shot

From the side

From the front

This is what he was distracted with, and so couldn't pose for an "after" shot.

Lily shows no fear...as usual

The pictures...Part 5 of ?

Okay, these are totally out of order...but I am sick and tired of trying to download these 5 at a time and figure out what order they will be in. So use your imagination...

Andrew enjoying Michael's birthday cake

Lily enjoying Michael's birthday cake

Michael not enjoying his own birthday cake. He was quite disgusted by the icing. Wha???

Looking desperately around for someone to save him from the vile cake. Again, I say, WHA? I am beginning to wonder if they switched babies at the hospital or something.

Michael's birthday cake. I told you these were out of order...deal with it. I'm good at making cute babies, NOT at making cute organized blogs.

Michael had a lot of help opening his gifts. He didn't seem to mind. I have a LOT of these types of shots. I think 20 at least. Which happens for every holiday and birthday. Like I really need multiple still shots of a kid unwrapping. Think I'll ever learn?

Michael wearing his "Look Who is 1!" shirt. Actually, it was Andrew's first...so it is size 18 months. Michael is BARELY a size 12 month. Tee hee hee...

Andrew was pooped out, and fell asleep under the dining room table. Can't fall asleep on a 9 hour car ride, but face down on the hard floor...maybe I should strap him to the top of the car and see if he'd sleep...

At a park...where I almost had a heart attack watching my 2 older kids climbing on a train. Have I mentioned I have a problem with heights? Apparently that applies to watching my offspring on heights as well.

Lily posing with her easter dying kit. This is before the 2 MAJOR tantrums. Who knew that running out of eggs to dye could be so traumatic?

Andrew giving us his creepy look as he shows off his mad egg dying skills. Looks like a mug shot of some really evil dude. I have other shots with this pose that I chose not to share with you all. Sc-ar-y

Michael doing what he does best...emptying.

Back in Cinci now (I told you these were out of order). At Sharon Wood Nature Center. You Cinci folk had better check it out...it is great for little kids. This shot is of a tunnel of fish and turtles just Mike's size.

In the same building as the nature center was a play area for kids. Tunnels, slides, ball pit, and an entire village of pretend play places. Mike was wanted for being excessively cute.

Well, he got to go to "the" restaurant in Ribs Land (what Andrew calls Cinci sometimes)

But he was so sad that Daddy had to miss it.

Luckily, Pepere let him take it back to eat at home. Andrew talked to his Dad and said, "I ate 5 ribs and then got 3 cookies. So it was a good day for me." I'm thinking it is getting expensive to feed this kid...5 ribs???

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Lily is ready to go to the zoo! Featured in this photo are her Cinderella and Ariel dolls. I bought them for the bike carrier (remember? I like one of a kind desirable toys to bribe my children into being good)...but they kind of got moved to the car for our trip. Best. Move. Ever. She didn't sleep on our car trips, but she played happily with her "pincesses" for hours. "Sin-da-weh-wah and Air-el" are her best friends!

Posing in front of the flowers at the zoo. It was absolutely the most perfect day EVER.
My mom's grandkids.

Lily was in a posing mood this day. She would run up to a statue and say, "Take my pit-ture?" And then immediately, "Can I see it?"...often before you'd even snapped the shot.

Andrew looking very cute with a gorilla statue. Not too far off...

Poser. He got this idea from Colin...who had hurt his ear on the metal teeth before was able to get my camera out.

Colin and Lily on the safer side of the alligator.

The boys watching the manatees. By far Michael's favorite part, since he got out of the stroller for a change.

Riding the carousel.

Self portrait. I could not love Mikey's face in this any more. And you can count how many times I have eaten ribs or chili by counting the chins...

There was this little playhouse in the membership building that Lily adored. Here she is posing by her window boxes.

And cuddling the house jaguar.

We played while the boys got their faces painted. Colin is a leopard and Andrew? Well, he is the Loch Ness Monster, except he wanted to be brown instead of green. So he just looked...well...weird. It was quite disturbing for him to not have eyebrows...very hard to read his emotions for the rest of the day.

-sigh- Do I have to explain this picture? Do I? Let's just say that bubbles were spilled, clothes were shed, and broomball was played. And my parents got their porch cleaned for free.

My uncle Chuck and Aunt Betty came over briefly to visit (they live in Chicago, but were visiting their own grandchildren in Cinci). Andrew and Colin were tickled mercilessly...and loved every minute of it.

Michael preferred to steal Chuck's glasses and then clap for himself.

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Air Force Museum, Dayton, OH

Don't worry, there are no wings on this plane. Andrew could have stayed here all day.

Not the best shot of Lily, but you get the idea. She made me proud when she left without a fight to give another child a turn.

With my grandma in Dayton. This is BEFORE she stopped sharing with Lily. (a whole other story which details why it is best to keep 91 year olds and 2 year olds apart...they just can't share Barbies well.)

The first egg hunt. Lily ROCKED at finding eggs. Seriously. Put the boys to shame. My sister wisely pointed out that there is a reason that women were the gatherers and men needed a large moving target to hunt. Uh-huh. Evolution hasn't changed us too much yet..

Andrew opening his loot. We had eggs with toys in them...each labeled with their initial so they'd know which was which. Lily would exclaim, "L! L is for Yiddy!" each time. Very cute.

Aunt Kate and Colin. We had such a good time visiting with them!

Lily and I opening her eggs...there were tiny ponies inside. Oh! The excitement!

Michael prefered to chew on the outside of the eggs...and to shake them.

Lily hoarding her ponies.